Knife guessing game ( based on description ) now guessing fixed blades

btb01 · May 15, 2016

Hickory n steel said:
The Victorinox Swiss champ ?
It has so many functions, but is so fat that it's unwieldy.

Close, but no cigar. You're on the right track, though

btb01 · May 16, 2016

btb01 said:
Alright, the knife I'm thinking of this time is probably the most functional multi-blade folder out there, and at the same time, it has to be the least functional knife ever made.

Hickory n steel said:
The Victorinox Swiss champ ?
It has so many functions, but is so fat that it's unwieldy.

btb01 said:
Close, but no cigar. You're on the right track, though

Alright, time for another clue I guess. Hickory n steel really was very close. Just think bigger. Even more functions. And significantly less wieldy.

r8shell · May 16, 2016

Unwieldy, huh?

btb01 · May 16, 2016

r8shell said:
Unwieldy, huh?

It was, indeed, the Wenger Giant.

I believe that makes it your turn, r8shell.

r8shell · May 16, 2016

Sigh. I was afraid of that.

What page has the list of prior entries?

OK: A bit of a riddle:

This Jack has a secondary tool that doesn't do it all, but it punches above its weight. In fact, you might have to rein it in.

5K Qs · May 16, 2016

Will Power said:
GT That mathematician's mind of yours helped make an excellent set of clues, anagrams, CODE:thumbup:

Might need a cypher-book for your next set of clues

Thanks, Will, but I can't take too much credit.

I found an online anagram generator and hoped to find an anagram or two for "Pioneer". When I saw all the options available, I decided to try to throw them together into some kind of silly story. So the anagrams were all computer-generated; all I did was string them together.

- GT

Hickory n steel · May 24, 2016

r8shell said:
Sigh. I was afraid of that. What page has the list of prior entries?

OK: A bit of a riddle:

This Jack has a secondary tool that doesn't do it all, but it punches above its weight. In fact, you might have to rein it in.

Northfield Yankee jack / GEC #77 ?

r8shell · May 24, 2016

Hickory n steel said:
Northfield Yankee jack / GEC #77 ?

Just to get things moving again, that's close enough. :thumbup: I was thinking of Harness Jack (the one with the awl)

Hickory n steel · May 25, 2016

OK this is a just under 9" clip point fixed blade with Delrin handle scales, and a plated Steel guard.
It's available in 3 different forms of combo set, and can be had with or without a fish scaler spine and various handle styles.
( there's probably a few similar gec Knives with an awl )

Hickory n steel · May 25, 2016

I should ad that this knife went out of production in the 80's
( I don't yet own one, but am in the process of buying one from a forum member )

afishhunter · May 25, 2016

sounds like one of the Schrade toothpick pattern folding multi-blade fishing knives. I don't know the OT number(s).

Hickory n steel · May 25, 2016

afishhunter said:
sounds like one of the Schrade toothpick pattern folding multi-blade fishing knives. I don't know the OT number(s).

It's a fixed blade.

afishhunter · May 26, 2016

GEC makes fixed blades? Did not know that.

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Hickory n steel · May 26, 2016

afishhunter said:
GEC makes fixed blades? Did not know that.

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Oh sorry! I was referring to Rachel's clue ( saying that there is multiple gec jackknife models with an awl )
Anyways no this fixed blade isn't a GEC.

Hickory n steel · May 27, 2016

This knife could come by itself, with a folder, with a hatchet, or with both.

btb01 · May 27, 2016

Would it perhaps be this knife?

Hickory n steel · May 28, 2016

btb01 said:
Would it perhaps be this knife?

Yes it would that imperial h6 you got there looks great and has a nice patina and has all of its edge left , my dad gave me his boyhood imperial hatchet as a kid but someone had taken the knife while he was in the army. I've wanted one for a long long time.
As soon as the seller receives my very reasonable 18$ payment my h6 will be shipped out, and I can hardly wait.

Anyways now it's your turn.

btb01 · May 28, 2016

Hickory n steel said:
Yes it would that imperial h6 you got there looks great and has a nice patina and has all of its edge left , my dad gave me his boyhood imperial hatchet as a kid but someone had taken the knife while he was in the army. I've wanted one for a long long time.
As soon as the seller receives my very reasonable 18$ payment my h6 will be shipped out, and I can hardly wait.

Anyways now it's your turn.

"Patina" is a generous term.

When I first found it the knife had quite a bit of rust on it. I took care of that as well (and as gently) as I could, sharpened it up (takes a razor edge) and I love using it now.

Interesting that your dad gave you the hatchet that went with his, but didn't have the knife. Mine belonged to my great-grandmother (found the knife and sheath in her old fishing tackle box in our garage years ago), but it was missing the scout knife that would have come with it. Recently I came across a Kamp-King scout knife like I believe would have come with it originally, so I picked that up and now I have the pair.

Alright, now for the next clue:

This discontinued knife was made by a company probably most famous for their big, beefy lockback. The knife I'm thinking of is also a lockback, but is much smaller, has a drop point blade, and brass liners that sort of frame the handle scales all the way around. There were several colorful handle options, some in wood, some micarta. In addition to its three-digit model number, this knife had a name that sounds like a government department.

Hickory n steel · May 28, 2016

btb01 said:
"Patina" is a generous term. When I first found it the knife had quite a bit of rust on it. I took care of that as well (and as gently) as I could, sharpened it up (takes a razor edge) and I love using it now.

Interesting that your dad gave you the hatchet that went with his, but didn't have the knife. Mine belonged to my great-grandmother (found the knife and sheath in her old fishing tackle box in our garage years ago), but it was missing the scout knife that would have come with it. Recently I came across a Kamp-King scout knife like I believe would have come with it originally, so I picked that up and now I have the pair.

Alright, now for the next clue:

This discontinued knife was made by a company probably most famous for their big, beefy lockback. The knife I'm thinking of is also a lockback, but is much smaller, has a drop point blade, and brass liners that sort of frame the handle scales all the way around. There were several colorful handle options, some in wood, some micarta. In addition to its three-digit model number, this knife had a name that sounds like a government department.

Other than the stainless Steel that's exactly like what would've came with your h6, they were also available in a full on set which had all 3 of them. ( my knife sheath won't have the attachment snaps as it's not from a husky set, but it's still the same knife.

As far as your clue I can not for the life of me figure out which buck knife your talking about.
I'm sure someone knows.